"Canada was settled, in the main, by people with a lower middle-class outlook, and a respect, rather than an affectionate familiarity, for the things of the mind."

“There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth.”

Source : "Lower Manhattan Survival Tactics". "The Village Voice" Magazine, 1983.

“Religion divides us, while it is our human characteristics that bind us to each other.”

“Spring training means flowers, people coming outdoors, sunshine, optimism and baseball. Spring training is a time to think about being young again.”

“What you do is proof of what you believe.”

“What do you know about yourself? What are your stories? The ones you tell yourself, and the ones told by others. All of us begin somewhere. Though I suppose the truth is that we begin more than once; we begin many times. Over and over, we start our own tales, compose our own stories, whether our lives are short or long. Until at last all our beginnings come down to just one end, and the tale of who we are is done.”

Source : Cameron Dokey (2012). “Once: Before Midnight; Golden; Wild Orchid”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

“I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.”

“Is love stronger when it let's go or when it holds on?”

Source : Kamila Shamsie (2004). “Kartography”, p.260, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in fear. That's no way to live your life.”